netcdf EUREC4A/FORECASTS/GLOBAL/DWD/METEOGRAM_2019121900_IGLO_BCO.nc {
  dimensions:
    nstations = 1;
    stringlen = 128;
    ntiles = 9;
    nvars = 39;
    max_nlevs = 91;
    nsfcvars = 121;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (181 currently)
  variables:
    char station_name(nstations=1, stringlen=128);
      :description = "Station name (character string)";

    double station_lon(nstations=1);
      :description = "Longitude of meteogram station";

    double station_lat(nstations=1);
      :description = "Latitude of meteogram station";

    int station_idx(nstations=1);
      :description = "Global triangle adjacent to meteogram station (index)";

    int station_blk(nstations=1);
      :description = "Global triangle adjacent to meteogram station (block)";

    double station_hsurf(nstations=1);
      :description = "Meteogram station surface height";

    double station_frland(nstations=1);
      :description = "Meteogram station land fraction";

    double station_fc(nstations=1);
      :description = "Meteogram station Coriolis parameter";

    int station_soiltype(nstations=1);
      :description = "Meteogram station soil type";

    double station_tile_frac(nstations=1, ntiles=9);
      :description = "Meteogram station tile fractions";

    int station_tile_luclass(nstations=1, ntiles=9);
      :description = "Meteogram station tile specific land-use classes";

    char var_name(nvars=39, stringlen=128);
      :description = "Variable name (character string)";

    char var_long_name(nvars=39, stringlen=128);
      :description = "Variable name (long, character string)";

    char var_unit(nvars=39, stringlen=128);
      :description = "Variable unit (character string)";

    int var_group_id(nvars=39);
      :description = "Variable group ID";

    int var_nlevs(nvars=39);
      :description = "No. of levels for volume variable";

    double var_levels(nvars=39, max_nlevs=91);
      :description = "Volume variable levels (indices)";

    char sfcvar_name(nsfcvars=121, stringlen=128);
      :description = "Surface variable name (character string)";

    char sfcvar_long_name(nsfcvars=121, stringlen=128);
      :description = "Surface variable name (long, character string)";

    char sfcvar_unit(nsfcvars=121, stringlen=128);
      :description = "Surface variable unit (character string)";

    int sfcvar_group_id(nsfcvars=121);
      :description = "Surface variable group ID";

    int time_step(time=181);
      :description = "Time step indices";

    char date(time=181, stringlen=128);
      :description = "Sample dates (character string)";

    double heights(max_nlevs=91, nvars=39, nstations=1);
      :description = "level heights for volume variables";

    double values(time=181, max_nlevs=91, nvars=39, nstations=1);
      :description = "value buffer for volume variables";

    double sfcvalues(time=181, nsfcvars=121, nstations=1);
      :description = "value buffer for surface variables";

  // global attributes:
  :title = "ICON Meteogram File";
  :history = "Thu Dec 19 09:50:19 2019: ncks --abc -d nstations,36 -O meteogram.iglo.h.2019121900.nc METEOGRAM_2019121900_IGLO_BCO.nc\n/w/rhome/routfor/routfox/abs/icon at 20191219 023245";
  :institution = "Max Planck Institute for Meteorology/Deutscher Wetterdienst";
  :source = "svn://xceh.dwd.de/for0adm/SVN_icon/tags/icon-2.5.0-nwp1@134";
  :comment = "unknown user name on nid00006 (Linux 3.0.101-0.46.1_1.0502.8871-cray_ari_c x86_64)";
  :references = "see MPIM/DWD publications";
  :uuidOfHGrid = "a27b8de6-18c4-11e4-820a-b5b098c6a5c0";
  :numberOfGridUsed = 26; // int
  :NCO = "4.6.8";
}